Current Investigations in Autism Brain Tissue Research

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 521-527

  Pickett, Jane ^a  

^a Autism Tissue Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism brain research; Brain tissue; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neurohistology; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET;

EID: 0035755096     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013282524687     Document Type: Review

References (23)

1. Allen, C., Zoghbi, H. Y., Moseley, A. B., Rosenblatt, H. M., & Belmont, J. W. (1992). Methylation of HpaII and HhaI sites near the polymorphic CAG repeat in the human androgen-receptor gene correlates with X chromosome inactivation. Journal of Human Genetics, 51, 1229-1239.
2. Anderson, G. M., Horne, W. C., Chaterjee, D., & Cohen, D. J. (1990). The hyperserotonemia of autism. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 600, 331-340.
3. Barton, M., & Volkmar, F. (1998). How commonly are known medical conditions associated with autism? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 28(4), 273-279.
4. Bauman, M. L., & Kemper, T. L. (1994). Neuro-anatomic observations of the brain in autism. In M. L. Bauman & T. L. Kemper (Eds.), The Neurobiology of autism, (pp. 119-145). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
5. Cook, E. H. (1990). Autism: Review of neurochemical investigation. Synapse, 6(3), 292-308.
6. Graf, W. D., Marin-Garcia, J., Gao, H. G., Pizzo, S., Naviaux, R. K., Markusic D., Barshop, B. A., Courchesne, E., & Haas, R. H. (2000). Autism associated with the mitochondrial DNA G8363A transfer RNA(Lys) mutation. Journal of Child Neurology, 15(6), 357-361.
7. Hellings, J. A. (2000). Treatment of comorbid disorders in autism: Which regimens are effective and for whom? Medscape Mental Health, 5(1); http://www.medscape.com.
8. Lipani, J. D., Bhattacharjee, M. B., Corey, D. M., & Lee, D. A. (2000). Reduced nerve growth factor (NGF) in Rett syndrome (RS) post-mortem brain tissue. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 59, 889-895.
9. Lord, C., Pickles, A., McLennan, J., Rutter, M., Bregman, J., Folstein, S., Fombonne, E., Leboyer, M., & Minshew, N. J. (2000). Diagnosing autism: Analyses of data from the Autism Diagnostic Interview. Child Neurology, 15(6), 357-361.
10. Mai, J. K., Assheuer, J., & Paxinos, G. (1997). Altas of the Human Brain. San Diego: Academic Press, Harcourt Brace and Company.
11. Miles, J., & Hillman, R. E. (2000). Value of a clinical morphology examination in autism. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 10, 245-253.
12. Nelson, K. B., Grether, J. K., Croen, L. A., Dambrosia, J. M., Dickens, B. F., Jelliffe, L. L., Hansen, R. L., & Phillips, T. M. (2001). Neuropeptides and neurotrophins in neonatal blood of children with autism or mental retardation. Annals of Neurology, 49(5), 597-606.
13. Nylander, L., & Gillberg, C. (2001). Screening for autism spectrum disorders in adult psychiatric outpatients: A preliminary report. Acta Psychiatria Scandinavica, 103(6), 428-434.
14. Page, T., & Coleman, M. (2000). Purine metabolism abnormalities in a hyperuricosuric subclass of autism. Biochemistry Biophysics Acta, 17;1500(3), 291-296.
15. Perry, E. K., Lee, M. L., Martin-Ruiz, C. M., Court, J. A., Volsen, S. G., Merrit, J., Folly, E., Iversen, P. E., Bauman, M. L., Perry, R. H., & Wenk, G. L. (2001). Cholinergic activity in autism: Abnormalities in the cerebral cortex and basal forebrain. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158(7), 1058-1066.
16. Persico, A. M., D'Agruma, L., Maiorano, N., Totaro, A., Militerni, R., Bravaccio, C., Wassink, T. H., Schneider, C., Melmed, R., Trillo, S., Montecchi, F., Palermo, M., Pascucci, T., Puglisi-Allegra, S., Reichelt, K. L., Conciatori, M., Marino, R., Quattrocchi, C. C., Baldi, A., Zelante, L., Gasparini, P., & Keller, F.: The Collaborative Linkage Study of Autism. (2001). Reelin gene alleles and haplotypes as a factor predisposing to autistic disorder. Molecular Psychiatry, 6(2), 150-159.
17. Raymond, G. V., Bauman, M. L., & Kemper, T. L. (1996). Hippocampus in autism: A Golgi analysis. Acta Neuropathologie (Berlin), 91(1), 117-119.
18. Schain, R. J., & Freedman, D. X. (1961). Studies on 5-hydroxy-indolemetabolism in autistic and other mentally retarded children. Journal of Pediatrics, 58, 315-320.
19. Schleicher, A., Amunts, K., Geyer, S., Lowalski, T., Schormann, T., Palomero-Gallagher, N., & Zilles, K. (2000). A stereological approach to human cortical architecture: Identification and delineation of cortical areas. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 20, 31-47.
20. Schmitz, C., & Hof, P. R. (2000). Recommendations for straight-forward and rigorous methods of counting neurons based on computer estimation procedure. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 20, 93-114.
21. Tierney, E., Nwokoro, N. A., & Kelley, R. I. (2000). Behavioral pohenotype of RSH/Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 6(20), 131-134.
22. West, M. J. (1993). New stereological methods for counting neurons. Neurobiology of Aging, 14, 275-285.
23. Williams, R. W., & Rakic, P. (1988). Three-dimensional counting: An accurate and direct method to estimate nmbers of cells in sectioned material. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 278, 344-352.